Under Russian Federation Cover, Iran Sends Troops to Syria

Russia’s short war in Georgia in 2008 had exposed its military weaknesses, including poor communication and coordination. The USA said it would not talk unless Russian Federation followed Washington’s lead and stopped helping the Syrian government of President Bashar Assad.

“Regarding our support to Iraq and Syria, such support comes upon the request of those countries, and according to our anti-terror strategy in Iran, we provide weapons and military experts to both countries”, Boroujerdi said.

“The military operation has started in rural southern Aleppo”, a pro-government source in Syria said.

The official did not elaborate any further on the exact timing other than to say it would happen “soon”.

Russian Federation began carrying out airstrikes in Syria on September 30, and Syrian troops and allied militiamen began a ground offensive against rebels in central Syria a week later.

The Russian intervention is supported by an intelligence-sharing center in Baghdad that coordinates the efforts of Russia, Iraq, Iran and Syria. Jamil Saleh, the leader of the CIA-backed Free Syrian Army faction Tajammu Alezzah, according to the Associated Press.

“Sending more troops from Hezbollah, and Iran only increases the shelf life of the Syrian regime, which is destined to end”, said Maj. He says more often Russian Federation aircraft have flown near US drones, perhaps to get a closer look at the high-tech aircraft.

“Then tell your dictator president he can go to hell along with his ISIS terrorist and I shall make Syria to nothing but a Big Stalingrad, for Erdoğan and his Saudi allies are no vicious than Adolf Hitler”, the Russian president allegedly said during the meeting.

Putin was commenting on the refusal by the Obama administration to receive a Russian delegation headed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to discuss the differences the two nations have on the Syrian crisis.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based group tracking the war, said a battle was under way for control of the town of Kafr Nabuda in Hama province, which the army said it captured on Monday.

The area the army and Russian jets were targeting was close to a main road heading south towards the capital Damascus, Abdulrahman said.

An Arab military officer at the Damascus airport reportedly witnessed two Russian planes arrive there with Cuban military personnel on board. The USA cut off diplomatic relations with Cuba in 1961 after Fidel Castro’s revolution.

The official who spoke to AP all but confirmed that the Islamic State is not the priority for the Syrian troops and their allies, saying most areas held by the group in eastern Syria are desert regions considered to be on the periphery. A few are using U.S.-delivered TOW anti-tank missiles, while others are resorting to tactics such as booby-trapped cars.

The video conference “focused on steps that can be taken by Russian and counter-ISIL coalition aircraft to promote safe flight operations over Syria”, Pentagon spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis said in a written statement.